Who Was Alive

Were Walt Disney and Barack Obama alive at the same time?

Yes. Walt Disney and Barack Obama were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1961 to 1966.

Walt Disney was 59 when Barack Obama was born.

Barack Obama was 5 when Walt Disney died, aged 65.

Walt Disney

American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company

Born 5 December 1901 · died 15 December 1966, aged 65

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

Born 4 August 1961 · living, 65 as of September 2026

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Walt Disney
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Nelson Mandela
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Vladimir Putin
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Walt Disney and Barack Obama in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.